Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-06-09 | Page 2 | Baby Alarm System to Check up on Condition of Child Grows

i Baby Alarm System stem to Check CheckUp Up lip on Condition o of Child ti tit Grows t CHICAGO June 9 AP The AP-The The baby alarm system seems to be growing r Louis M. M Strauss pr president of an electric company reported today that there we were e at least a dozen sound- sound amplifying systems in use by Chicago fathers and r mothers to enable them to go out to play bridge or shop o and keep tab on what the baby is doing at home at the i same tine time jOne j One couple he said had a microphone and loud loudspeaker speaker d device vIce connected up with the home of a woman i neighbor so arranged that she can hear the baby whenever whenever when when- 0 ever the child cries Each time she hears the child cry 1 1 she goes to see what is the matter and is understood by s Strauss to be paid on a per cry basis l 0 Another er man said Strauss has attached a micro microphone i p phone hone to the baby's crib and set up a loudspeaker by bythe o the telephone He also has an automatic receiver lift 1 ing device on his telephone so that it goes up every time it rings When both he and his wife go out and the s baby is along alone they call up frequently and the receiver i goes up They listen to baby for a minute and if he e is I all right they go goon on with their shopping or bridge bridge- 1 I r l